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I know after college, many women went into admin asst positions or non-profit orgs, with the aspirations of learning more about the profession and working their way up.
Many of my male colleagues went right into project jobs, consultants, etc. I don't even know where to begin to look for these jobs. I was taught to start with the clerical and admin jobs when searching through classifieds. My all-female college, while great in most aspects, was seriously lacking in the after-college career field, unless you wanted to (or had the means to) continue straight into grad school.
The job fairs that featured employers in consulting or jobs where projects would be featured were never held at our school.
So now I am a bit miffed as to what to search for. Do I stick with Admin jobs, where I learn alot but am still kept at a lower pay grade?
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2) This does not explain the wage desparity in jobs where there is no salary or wage or benefit negotiation.
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how about the very impersonal choice of caring for a sick parent or relative who can't afford a nursing home or an at-home health care nurse? talk about a 24 hour job that really takes 36 hours and having wade through all of the medicare/gap insurance/doctors/nurses/social workers just to get some kind of continuity of care for your loved ones who are terminally ill through no active fault of their own other than, y'know, just aging.
wait - i guess that's considered a personal choice, too, since a person can choose to take care of their sick parents or relatives or can choose to leave them out on the street.
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... HOW I didn't rip them a new one I don't know.
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*THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL*
*THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL*
*THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL*
*THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL*
*THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL*
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I am probably giving her too much credit.
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There's a lot of work left to be done in the field of awareness. Sometimes it all feels overwhelming.
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The social trend is still for men to be applauding for logging 'extra hours' - I am hoping for a swing away from this - that the social (and professional) stigma will shift from women with women's choices to men with men's choices, and that pressure will increase on men to do their share at home. Or indeed that there will be no stigma at all! But that's just crazy talk right there.